Han subgroups by region Han Chinese subgroups

1 han subgroups region

1.1 greater china

1.1.1 mainland china
1.1.2 taiwan
1.1.3 hong kong
1.1.4 macau


1.2 overseas chinese subgroups

han subgroups region
greater china
mainland china

the han people originated in mainland china. each han subgroup associated particular region in china; cantonese originated in western guangdong, putian in puxian, foochow in fuzhou, hoklo in southern fujian, chaoshan/teochew in eastern guangdong, hakka in eastern/central guangdong , shanghainese in shanghai.

taiwan

demographics of taiwan

in taiwan, main distinction within han chinese between 2 groups:

the cia world factbook puts number of pen-sheng-jen @ 84% , number of mainlanders @ 14%. 70% of taiwan s population hoklo, while 10-15% hakka.

hong kong

in hong kong, majority of population cantonese. according cia world factbook, 89% of hong kongers speak cantonese language.

other han chinese peoples present in hong kong include hakka, hoklo, teochew , shanghainese.

macau

macau, hong kong has han (cantonese) majority. according cia world factbook, 85.7% of macanese speak cantonese.

the term macanese people can either refer macau, or macanese of mixed cantonese , portuguese descent.

overseas chinese subgroups